Augustus SFX van Dusen wrote:

> When installing Slackware, when the time comes to dealing with LILO the
> Slackware setup script gives three choices for the location where LILO
> will be installed: One, the superblock; two, a floppy disk; three, the
> master boot record (MBR).
>
> I have always used the MBR, despite the fact that we are warned it is
> possibly unsafe (why?) and I understand what it means to install LILO to a
> floppy disk. But, what the hell is the superblock? Are there any
> advantages to installing LILO there, rather than to the MBR?

This question comes up all the time with ALL distros... whether they use
LILO or Grub.

I wrote this about Mepis and Grub, but the principles are the same. Maybe it
will help.

http://tinyurl.com/9ym32

Al